A comedian uses her troubled past as material for her stand-up routine, trying to rise up through the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs.
Maxine Peake
Funny Cow
Stephen Graham
Mike/Funny Calf's Dad
Christine Bottomley
Funny Calf's Mum
Paddy Considine
Angus
Tony Pitts
Bob
Alun Armstrong
Lenny
Lindsey Coulson
Funny Cow's Mum
Kevin Eldon
Danny
Hannah Walters
Jean
Diane Morgan
Margaret
Macy Shackleton
Funny Calf
Hebe Beardsall
Funny Calf (Aged 20s)
Tom Gibbons
Bob (Aged 20s)
Ashton Steele
Young Mike
Vic Reeves
Ventriloquist
John Bishop
Colin Pine
Graham Hughes
Jacques LeCock
Richard Hawley
Cream aka Rodney Chittingdon
Corinne Bailey Rae
Coffee
Bobby Knutt
Crookes Club Concert Secretary
Kevin Rowland
Jeff
Dominic Brunt
Landlord
Duggie Brown
Old Man
Robert Curtis
Dial House Concert Secretary
Steven E Harris
Dial House Heckler
Kate Russell-Smith
Geraldine
Jayne Bickerton
Mad Woman
Steve Money
Fat K.
Kay Boggett
Janet
Jake Holdsworth
Soft Mick
Danny Hawley
Young Kev
Alfie Graham
Liam
Grace Graham
Debs
Lissi Brook
Girl
Lily Jones Adkin
Big Girl
Calvin Cawood
Big Boy
Bilko
Himself
Grant Crookes
Cinema Goer (uncredited)
Adrian Shergold
Director
Writer
Kevin Proctor
Producer
Mark Vennis
Jan 11, 1978
Nov 18, 1981
Feb 14, 2017
Nov 27, 1991
Jan 25, 2002
Jan 10, 1975
Invalid Date
Sep 27, 2025
Feb 21, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
Jul 30, 2009
Aug 26, 2024
Jan 24, 2018
Feb 13, 2002
Sep 23, 1992
Nov 25, 1987
StudioPOW
GB
Laughing Girl Limited
Gizmo Films
Head Gear Films
Lipsync Productions
Metrol Technology
Moviehouse Entertainment
United Kingdom
English